Stichting Institute of Medical Marijuana (SIMM)® comes into operation
November 1993
James Burton receives the first medical cannabis prescription in The Netherlands
February 1994
SIMM delivers cannabis to a pharmacy, the first time this is done in The Netherlands
18 October 2001
Received an opiumverlof from the BMC for producing cannabis plants for research purposes
14 August 2002
Submitted samples of 3 potential pharmacy varieties (SIMM 18, SIMM 27 and SIMM 49) to the BMC via TNO, for testing and laboratory analysis.
13 December 2002
Submitted our bid proposal to the BMC for the packaging contract for medical cannabis
7 February 2003
Submitted 45 grams of 3 varieties (SIMM 02, SIMM 15 and SIMM 131) to the BMC for submission to RIVM for development of the testing method of medical cannabis
19 February 2003
Shipped 330 grams of 3 varieties (SIMM 05, SIMM P18 and SIMM P22) to Health Canada for their research purposes
16 March 2003
Signed the first 5-year contract with the government to produce medical cannabis for the pharmacy
25 March 2003
Supplied Fagron Farmaceuticals with 500 grams of SIMM 18 cannabis, for their use in preparation for packaging of medical cannabis (experimental purposes)
3 April 2003
Supplied 2 varieties of cannabis (SIMM P18 and SIMM 49) rolled into cigarettes to the BMC for research purposes of the University of Maastricht
15 July 2003
Shipped 465 grams of 2 cannabis varieties (SIMM 18 and SIMM P15) to the BMC for research purposes for the VU Ziekenhuis, Amsterdam
29 July 2003
We shipped the first batch containing 8.8 kilograms of medical cannabis for pharmacy distribution
